<$Thursday, August 9, 2007$>
Zoned Thursday: swimming the fat away (and piling it back on my baked potato)
| My affair with Gym is still going strong. It's the end of the third week (almost), and by now my morning swim routine is pretty, er, routine. I'm in much better shape than when I started, and my waistline is actually continuing to shrink in spite of all of the fast food and deli sushi we indulged in last week. I gotta tell ya, little motivates me to exercise more than being able to eat what I want (within reason) and still be in decent shape. Still, I'm trying to keep it Zone-y. I've done pretty well this week, except for Tuesday night when I took home some deli boxed lunches left over from a meeting. The sandwiches wouldn't have been too far off the mark, but I couldn't resist the chips that came with them. At least I was saved from further temptation by whomever it was who stole the cookies out of both boxes (*glares at Cookie Crook*). I got myself back on track partly by allowing myself the indulgence of a baked potato that I Zonified as much as possible. Actually, I think the meal turned out pretty Zone-friendly. Potatoes aren't necessarily verboten in the Zone (nothing is, really, as long as you have balance), but they're definitely meant to be consumed in moderation. With that in mind, I picked up a couple of small russet potatoes on a recent trip to Wild Oats and proceeded to Zonify them thusly: Zone-friendly Twice Baked Potatoes For one serving: 1 small potato 2 strips of turkey bacon, chopped 3 wedges of low fat Laughing Cow cheese Bell pepper, chopped onions, chives, etc., to taste 6 large black olives, crumbled 1 oz grated cheese Bake your potato according to your preferred method (mine is poking holes in the skin and nuking it in the microwave for five minutes). Once it's done, slice it open and stuff it with all of the remaining ingredients. Return to the microwave and cook for 2 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the bacon achieves the desired state of crispiness. Enjoy. This contains more or less 3 blocks of everything, and is pretty filling. I won't do this one very often, because despite the leanness and low-fatness of the meat and cheeses, it still adds up to a pretty good amount of calories, plus potatoes = unfavorable carbs. Still, it makes a pretty delicious treat when I'm in the mood to splurge, and doesn't throw my blood sugar or my routine out of whack. And it's fast and easy, too. And now I'm craving baked potato for dinner. Labels: healthy living, recipes, Zone |
